New "Promo Blocks" functionality [5.2.0-B1]

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Dmitry A.

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May 17, 2012, 6:56:47 PM5/17/12
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Hi everyone,


I'd like to share with you some of the new functionality that has been already added to In-Portal 5.2.0 Beta1. Originally it was taken from Intechnic.com, but evolved and grew to be more powerful since then.


In short, there is a way to define multiple Promo Block Groups with different settings and assign them to different sections. Within Promo Block Groups you can create and manage actual Promo Blocks.


Full specification can be read within original task here:

1128: Implement "Promo Blocks" functionality as on Intechnic.comhttp://tracker.in-portal.org/view.php?id=1128


Cheers!

DA

Dmitry A.

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May 17, 2012, 7:02:06 PM5/17/12
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Hi again,


In addition to above after some review and usage we outlined a few minor improvements (5.2.0-RC1) to Promo Blocks that are needed to fully accommodate for of the requests:

1. Add "Button text" field after Text field on Add/Edit form
2. Make all 3 text fields (Title, Text and Button text) Multilingual
3. Add Approve/Decline to Toolbar so it's easy to disable/enable without Editing


Here is a new task created:

1290: Minor Improvements to Promo Blockshttp://tracker.in-portal.org/view.php?id=1290


DA

Phil

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May 18, 2012, 4:34:42 AM5/18/12
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Hi,

what is the difference (usage/coding), between a promo block and a content block, that we can trigger with category custom field for example?

p


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Alexander Obuhovich

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May 18, 2012, 4:40:08 AM5/18/12
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Promo blocks is automated system, that allows to create sets of promo blocks (promo block group) that later you can associate with the page you like (or with home page by default).

Then you can add/edit promo blocks from admin console without a need to edit tpl. See on http://www.intechnic.com/ .

If you later decide to change promo block design you no longer need to each each of the content blocks to make it happen.
Also promo blocks offer statistic, like:
  • unique view count
  • unique click count
Also you can specify transition effect and effect settings for each of a promo block groups separately.


Days, when promo block (or DIP - dynamic image panel) was just a clickable image are long gone with HTML5, where image is just a background and you have text/links/buttons over that image and they are clickable too.

Phil

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May 18, 2012, 4:54:01 AM5/18/12
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ok! thanks for this detailed specs, said like this it seems really attractive :)

Is there any place (other than Mantis), where we could read about new features, in a non-technical language? Kinds of things that could interest new users...


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Alexander Obuhovich

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May 18, 2012, 5:14:31 AM5/18/12
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In this google group discussion.

We don't have any page to have copies of all tasks with description in non-technical language.

Phil

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May 18, 2012, 5:20:52 AM5/18/12
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ok.


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